Description
From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and "substandard" conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville's black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were deprived of a voice in government. Vinegar Hill's displaced residents discuss the loss of homes and businesses and the impact of the project on black life in Charlottesville. The interviews raise questions about motivations behind urban renewal. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.10w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9780786425563
ISBN10: 0786425563
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies & Pacific
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
About the Author
James Robert Saunders is a professor of English at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A native of Charlottesville, Renae Nadine Shackelford is a lecturer in the Department of English at Purdue University.